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RMS Empress of Ireland was a British-built ocean liner that sank near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada following a collision in thick fog with the Norwegian collier Storstad in the early hours of 29 May 1914.
Aug 23, 2021 · The RMS Empress of Ireland was a transatlantic passenger ship that sank early in the morning of 29 May 1914 on the St. Lawrence River killing 1,012 of the 1,477 people on board. It is considered Canada’s worst maritime disaster and one of the most tragic in history.
- Joshua J. Mark
Learn about the tragic sinking of the Empress of Ireland, a Canadian Pacific steamship, in the St. Lawrence River in 1914. Find out how fog, a Norwegian collier, and human error combined to cause the disaster that killed over 1,000 people.
May 28, 2018 · Learn about the fate of the 138 children who travelled on the Empress of Ireland ocean liner when it sank in 1914. Read Florence Barbour's memoir of how she was saved by Robert Crellin and her desire to return to Canada.
Dec 19, 2007 · Empress of Ireland, Canadian Pacific oceangoing passenger ship that sank in the St Lawrence River near Rimouski, Québec, 29 May 1914. She was rammed in dense fog by the Norwegian collier Storstad and sank in only 14 minutes; 1014 passengers and crew died, while 465 managed to abandon ship.
May 26, 2014 · Learn about the forgotten tragedy of the Empress of Ireland, Canada's worst maritime disaster in 1914. Find out how the event was commemorated in 2014 with stamps, coins, exhibits and more.
May 29, 2014 · Learn about the greatest maritime disaster in Canada’s history, when the Empress of Ireland sank in 1914, killing over a thousand people. See artifacts, documents and witness accounts from the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
